ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2012
Semiochemical compounds of preen secretion reflect genetic make-up in a seabird species.
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- Seasonal changes in the preen wax composition of the Herring gullChemoecology · 2017Article
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- Mate choice for neutral and MHC genetic characteristics in Alpine marmots: different targets in different contexts?Ecology and evolution · 2016Article
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- Chemical fingerprints encode mother-offspring similarity, colony membership, relatedness, and genetic quality in fur seals.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2015Article
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- Preen secretions encode information on MHC similarity in certain sex-dyads in a monogamous seabird.Scientific reports · 2014Article
- Costly infidelity: low lifetime fitness of extra-pair offspring in a passerine bird.Evolution; international journal of organic evolution · 2014Article
- Variation in preen oil composition pertaining to season, sex, and genotype in the polymorphic white-throated sparrow.Journal of chemical ecology · 2014Article
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Abstract
Several vertebrates choose their mate according to genetic heterozygosity and relatedness, and use odour cues to assess their conspecifics' genetic make-up. In birds, although several species (including the black-legged kittiwake) exhibit non-random mating according to genetic traits, the cues used to assess genetic characteristics remain unknown. The importance of olfaction in birds' social behaviour is gaining attention among researchers, and it has been suggested that, as in other vertebrates, bird body scent may convey information about genetic traits. Here, we combined gas chromatography data and genetic analyses at microsatellite loci to test whether semiochemical messages in preen secretion of kittiwakes carried information about genetic heterozygosity and relatedness. Semiochemical profile was correlated with heterozygosity in males and females, while semiochemical distance was correlated with genetic distance only in male-male dyads. Our study is the first to demonstrate a link between odour and genetics in birds, which sets the stage for the existence of sophisticated odour-based mechanisms of mate choice also in birds.
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